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Alternative Rock Records Rock 

The Replacements: Dead Men Do Wear Plaid

September 24, 2019February 1, 2024 Eric Davidson 2 Comments 1989, Chris Mars, Dead Man's Pop, Don't Tell A Soul, Husker Du, Paul Westerberg, Rhino Records, Sire Records, Slim Dunlap, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Tommy Stinson

A look inside the new box set celebrating The Mats’ most polarizing album

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Psychedelics Rock 

The Amazing Aoxomoxoa

August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1969, Aoxomoxoa, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Fillmore West 11/7/1969, Grateful Dead on Tom Snyder, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records, The Grateful Dead, Workingman's Dead

In 1969, The Grateful Dead swung from Psychedelic to Sylvan on their underrated third studio LP

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Classical jazz Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Titanic Tunes As Performed By The Band That Played On

April 16, 2019April 17, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1912, Rhino Records, Titanic

A look back at the 1997 Rhino release Titanic: Music as Heard on the Fateful Voyage

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal 

The Sliding Scale of Slide It In

April 4, 2019April 12, 2019 Lily Moayeri 0 Comments 1984, Box sets, David Coverdale, Rhino Records, Whitesnake

Despite redundancy, this deluxe edition of Whitesnake’s 1984 LP revisits a band on the cusp of world domination

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Soul 

A Gentle Genius

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 Luci Turner 0 Comments Curtis Mayfield, Rhino Records, The Impressions

A new box set chronicles the crucial quadrant of studio albums comprising Curtis Mayfield’s first five years as a solo artist

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Experimental Pop 

A Young Person’s Guide To Kate Bush (1978 – 1993)

January 15, 2019November 11, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Columbia Records, EMI, Hounds of Love, Kate Bush, Lionheart, Never for Ever, Rhino Records, The Dreaming, The Kick Inside, The Red Shoes, The Sensual World

Assessing the catalog of art pop’s one true queen

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Pop Rock 

What Causes a Band to Boot a Prime Player?

October 23, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, Neil Finn, Rhino Records, Stevie Nicks

On Lindsey Buckingham and his now permanent solo career

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Electronic Pop 

Pet Shop Boys Reissues 1990-1997: Best of the Bonus Tracks

October 12, 2018July 28, 2023 T.A. Inskeep 0 Comments Chris Lowe, Further Listening, Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys, Rhino Records

“Further Listening” is, in this case, a necessity

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Rock 

The Doors’ Difficult Third Album

October 5, 2018October 6, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzerek, Rhino Records, Robbie Krieger, The Doors

Waiting For The Sun gets reissued for its 50th anniversary

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Rock Soul 

In Transit/With Authority

August 10, 2018August 10, 2018 Henry Carrigan 1 Comment Chicago, Chicago II, Peter Cetera, Rhino Records, Soundstage, Terry Kath

Chicago revisit their signature second LP on an exciting new live collection

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Rock 

National Anthem

August 1, 2018August 2, 2018 Jedd Beaudoin 0 Comments 1968, 50th anniversary, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Pigpen, Rhino Records

Fifty years on, The Grateful Dead’s Anthem Of The Sun remains brilliantly under-realized

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Rock 

Hey, What’s That Sound?

July 18, 2018August 3, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young, Poco, Rhino Records, Richie Furay, Stephen Stills

The answer’s simple: It’s Buffalo Springfield’s iconic Americana

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Rock 

The Singer Sings His Songs

July 9, 2018September 23, 2021 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments CSNY, Graham Nash, Rhino Records, The Hollies

Graham Nash bares the basics

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